Thelecythara floridana | |
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Shell of Thelecythara floridana (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
Genus: | Thelecythara |
Species: | T. floridana
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Binomial name | |
Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Thelecythara floridana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]
Williams stated in 2005 that Thelecythara borroi Sarasua, 1975 was a synonym of this species[2]
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
T. floridana can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas south to Venezuela, as well as the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3]